Letters: How to Do Woke Maths
Madam: When I went to school, many years ago, we had “add ups”, “take aways”, and multiplication and division—none of the woke rubbish kids have to endure today. Here is my version of a modern classroom, a test from the new maths syllabus, according to woke:
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- In 1788, Britain invaded Australia with a fleet of convicts. One convict was assigned one acre of land to grow wheat, another convict was assigned 3 acres of land to grow turnips, and another convict was assigned 5 acres of land to keep 3 goats on.
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Question: How many acres of Australia was stolen from the Aborigines?
Answer: All of it.
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- In one month, 85,462 overseas immigrants arrive in Queensland, 143,975 arrive in New South Wales and 108,567 arrive in Victoria.
Question: How many houses is the government expected to find for them?
Answer: 338,004.
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- There are 3 Australian ex-servicemen. One worked hard and paid taxes for 47 years, the next worked hard and paid taxes for 51…
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